Hypo checklist for carers

Hi...apologies if I am posting this in the wrong place...I am new to the idea of forums but I am looking for an answer to a problem.
My wife has been diabetic for decades...I am used to the tricky task of guiding her out of hypos. Two of her sisters are diabetic too, we have had plenty of family support. Now both of my (adult) children are type 1 diabetic also and they have children of their own. One of them has, at best, an intermittent partner and the other has a partner who finds hypos frightening. Yesterday I received an early phone call from my 13-year-old grandson...in tears...telling me that his mum was "acting strange" and had "forgotten everything". A hypo for sure. They live 45 minutes drive away and my wife kept him on the phone whilst I set off to help.
Which brings me to my question. I was going to write a checklist for my grandson and for my son's partner. What to do in the event of a hypo stage by stage. Starting with "Don't panic!" and including "if all else fails dial 999" but it seems such an obvious thing to do...surely someone else has already done it and there is a pre-prepared one that I can print out? Is there such a thing? I feel very guilty for having given so little thought to what my grandson and my son's partner should do in the event of the inevitable.

azure said:

Hi @Nickolas

I wonder if part of the issue sometimes is that children/teens find it hard to judge when to 'take over'? If someone's used to their parent being in charge and the parent isn't doing anything about the hypo or hasn't mentioned feeling low, then maybe doubt sets in in the other person's mind? So in the case of your grandson, maybe a specific list and chat about the kind of things to,watch out for, and a strategy to persuade someone who may not be particularly co-operative to have some glucose? Even a practice session could help (for partners too).

If I was a child, I'd find a list written specially for me, rather than a general one, would make me more confident and less stressed in what must be a potentially upsetting situation. I'd keep it simple and precise.

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Hi...I entirely agree. I was about to make a customised list which would include the phone numbers of friends who could stay with my grandson until more experienced help arrived. And I also agree very much with the idea of a practice session...including administering a glucagen jab. I just thought that there might be a customisable (is that a word?) list out there somewhere...but you are right...I probably should do it myself.